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Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk
Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Old Municipal Buildings is a municipal structure on Newmarket Street in Falkirk in Scotland. The building, which accommodates the local register office, is a Category C listed building.
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Background
History
The first municipal building in the town was the Falkirk Steeple which was completed in 1814. After the area became a police burgh in 1859, the burgh council decided to procure dedicated municipal buildings. The site they selected was on the north side of Newmarket Street. The new building was designed by William Black in the Scottish baronial style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in 1879. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of four bays facing onto Newmarket Street. The first two bays were fenestrated by mullioned and transomed windows and surmounted by gables, the left gable containing a quatrefoil and the right gable containing a cinquefoil. The third bay…
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- Coordinates
- 56.0008, -3.7862
- District
- Falkirk
- Postcode
- FK1 1JE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Falkirk
- Established
- 1879
Sources
- wikidata: Q56633092 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk?
- Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode FK1 1JE).
- When was Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk built?
- Built or established in 1879.
- Who owns Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk?
- Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk is owned by | designation1 =Category C Listed Building.
- How do I get to Old Municipal Buildings, Falkirk?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode FK1 1JE. It sits within the Falkirk parliamentary constituency.